A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.9215 East, latitude -6.0903 South, depth = 165.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/17 / 2017-04-22 02:00:46 / April 22, 2017 @ 2:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:00:46 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 165.18 km (103 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008n66. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n66.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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